An increasing number of investors are turning to ethical options after witnessing scandals and crises in the mainstream banking arena, according to a National Ethical Investment...
Every autumn, the financial press spends seven short days focusing on ethical investment. The rest of the year, it returns to writing about the business of...
Charity Bank, one of the primary lenders to the UK charitable and social sectors, turns 10 years old today – somewhat fittingly, right in the middle...
Almost half of Britons want green or ethical themes incorporated into their savings and investments, according to figures released as part of National Ethical Investment Week...
We’re genuinely thrilled to introduce Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Guide to Sustainable Banking – a rundown of the best, ethical, sustainable and responsible banking options in...
We’re genuinely thrilled to introduce Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Guide to Sustainable Banking – a rundown of the best, ethical, sustainable and responsible banking options in the UK,...
New research by consumer group Which? debunks the notion of ‘free’ banking – the reality being hundreds of pounds worth of yearly charges for many individuals....
The Co-operative Bank has struck a deal to buy 632 Lloyds TSB and Cheltenham and Gloucester (C&G) branches in the UK, in what it’s calling the...
Recent debacles in banking from various insurance mis-selling scandals (payment protection and interest rate swaps), on-going IT failures (Natwest) and Libor fixing (Barclays, the first of...
The government’s fraud and corruption investigation arm will be looking into the supposed manipulation of the Libor rate among UK banks. The Serious Fraud Office, the...
Former Barclays chief Bob Diamond faced some tough questions about the interest rate-fixing scandal from the Treasury committee today in parliament. Diamond resigned from his post as...
Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond finally bowed to public and political pressure and resigned this morning. After securing board support on Friday evening and overseeing the...
On June 21, Natwest sent me a great bank statement. My personal favourite, I think. No, I haven’t just come into oceans of money. What gave...
Adopting good morals and ethics is financially beneficial to banks, according to a new report by the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), a coalition...
A number of Britain’s biggest banks and insurance companies are abandoning investments in the cluster bomb manufacturing industry—a welcome but overdue decision. The quartet—Lloyds Banking Group,...